Thread: First Restoration

Hello all,

I picked this up for $9 intended to be my first restoration i.e. practice make my mistakes on razor. I have been reading the forums and I think this will be an good beginner project as it seems to be free of most of the major defects I have read about. The scales are in good condition and there is minimal pitting and rust on the blade and none on the cutting edge. The tip has been broken off at some point and it has been reshaped; I have no idea when but it seems to have been made shave ready post damage. There is some engraving on the blade which I want to see if I can keep. I will need some advice and direction as I work through this so I turn to my new found friends here at SRP. My intention for this razor is to learn restoration skills with an end product that will be usable if not pretty. The first thing is disinfecting, how is this done? The second is stones, I have an 800 grit and a 4000 grit stone, I believe I need an 8000 and maybe a 10,000 or 12,000 to finish with is this right? The pics show the razor, at this point all that I have done is run it over the 800 and 4000 stone to where it now cuts arm hair.

Thanks in advance for all the thoughts.

Cheers

Oldschool66